Buckle



I' atentecl Mar. 27, 1928 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARL E. ANDERSON, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO EASTERN TOOL &'

MFG. 00., F BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

BUCKLE.

Application filed March 15, 1926. Serial No. 94,638.

This invention relates to an improved buckle that is simple and cheap in its construction and that is adapted to permit the securing of astrap thereto and to also hold the strap in adjusted positions, the end of the strap being held without stitching. The invention is designed for use with various ar panying drawing in which Figure 1 illus trates the buckle as applied to a strap, parts being slightly separated to more clearly illustrate their relations. Figure 2 is a perspective View of the buckle detached. The buckle may be made of cast metal or it can be made of wire, the latter being preferred, and consists of a U shaped frame, that is, a frame having an open side. This frame is shown at 10. A bar is hinged to the frame and I show a bar 11 in the drawing extending across the open side of the frame and hinged thereto at the knuckles 12 which are at the ends of the U shaped frame. The bar 11 has return bends 13 outside of the knuckles the bends extending inwardly and in line to points approximately one-third the distance between the knuckles to give them equal spacing. These return bends have their ends extended as tongues 14 across or nearly so and projecting far enough to have the ends 15 engage the cross-arm of the U-shaped frame. These ends 15 are pointed for easy entrance into the fabric of the strap.

I have illustrated the buckle as applied. to

an overall strap, the strap being shown at 18,

the end 19 thereof being secured by piercing it with the tongue or tongues 15 of the buckle and slides down on the tongue until it engages the bar 11 and being usually threaded in from the rear has a normal tendency to hold the tongue 15 well seated and braced against the bar. The strap 18 is looped through any preferred form of suspending device such as the button-loop 20 and is then returned and again passed through the buckle, being placed over the tongues 15 when it is properly adjusted and then when tension is applied to the strap the parts are all flattened down and the strap is not only secured at its end but also held in adjusted positions without having the end 19 stitched.

It has previously been necessary in buckles of this kind to pass the end 19 of the strap through a loop of the buckle and then stitch across it to form a closed loop in the strap. This takes considerable time and my improvement permits the assembling in the factory of these parts of overalls and similar garments without the necessity of sewing which of course not only saves time but saves the expense of installation and maintenance of a sewing machine.

I claim: A buckle comprising a U-shaped frame with knuckles at the ends thereof, a Wire bar passing through the knuckles and formed into return bends beyond the knuckles and extending parallel with the wire bar toward the centre of the buckle and below the wire CARL E. ANDERSON. V 

